Monday, April 25, 2016

Musing Monday- A Book To Take You Away...

I’m currently reading…I had grand intentions of starting Outlander last week- both of my copies are sitting in front of my face taunting me. I do know I love the book, but once I start reading them (because who can just read the first book in the series and stop?) I feel like I have for good (or bad) descended into another world that precludes me reading anything else. It sucks you in like Alice's rabbit hole, and yet I do love the books. But, I like my other lighter reads too. OK- my oh-so-not-seriously-horrible problem!

Well while I dithered about starting my favorite book series, I started reading some arbitrary book I had downloaded from BookBub a few weeks ago and got caught in the intrigue, Night Magic by Karen Robards. It wasn't until mention of Vietnam, that I stopped to look at the publish date and discovered it was- 1987! That year I was just in my 20's, the Cold War was still on and The Wall was about to come down (unbeknownst to us). No one expected it. At anyrate- old history. The plot is based on a mole in the CIA, KGB agents and a scenario where the KGB mistake a Romance author for being in on a hidden microfiche and spy network. Her cat gets involved in the chase and -of course- a chiseled American Spy who looks like he's gone rogue. Really very good. And it's been a hard week for me. A piece of fiction that lets me disappear is all good.

My Mom died Saturday. This past week I was working on her prayer shawl- Technique Thursday- A Prayer Shawl for My Mom, praying that God would be Merciful and take her. She had Alzheimer's and was mentally gone. Ever pray for something that hurts so? I know it's better for her. It hurt to think she was living like that. It hurts to know she's gone. So an adventure book was in order this week. A forget-real-life while I read book.

She was the reader in the family. Her example taught me so much. I'll miss her.

I Love you Mom. Always will. Always Remember.

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2 comments:

Thank you. I'm glad the Starz series does the books justice. I want to re-read the series because I haven't read her newest one- "Written in My Own Heart's Blood", the 8th book in the series. They build one after the other and I was left in the 7th book with one of the grandchildren lost in a train tunnel with a time portal in it. Diana Gabaldon knows how to weave a story!